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10 States Where You Can’t Afford to Get Into a Car Accident

By Len Penzo

Who doesn't love getting behind the wheel of a car every once in a while and just drive for the sake of driving? Cars provide a sense of freedom that other modes of transportation can't. Then again, nothing can put a damper on the joys of driving ...

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February 17, 2015

Is Cell Phone Insurance Really Worth It?

By Len Penzo

Last month our previous cell phone contract finally expired. That made the Honeybee happy because it meant we could finally move to a new carrier with better coverage. However, nobody was more excited than the kid with the fastest thumbs in the ...

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June 10, 2013

How I Know When to Drop Collision & Comprehensive Auto Insurance

By Len Penzo

Although we refuse to admit it, everybody is occasionally guilty of holding on to things a little longer than they really should. I often question the Honeybee's motives regarding her proclivity to keep around old birthday cards and our kids' ...

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November 26, 2012

The High Cost of Getting My Son’s Wisdom Teeth Removed

By Len Penzo

Nobody likes a big mouth. At least that's what I used to think. My teenage son, Matthew doesn't have a big mouth -- although I wish he did. That's because most big mouths have one particular virtue that makes the rest of us extremely envious: they ...

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January 4, 2012

How Being Absentminded Resulted In A $2750 Year-End Windfall

By Len Penzo

At least I'm calling it a windfall. Let me explain. You see, if I leave a twenty dollar bill in a winter jacket only to rediscover it after it has been hanging in the closet for nine months, that's a windfall. Now I can hear a lot of you out ...

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January 6, 2011

Is LifeLock and Its $1 Million Guarantee A Sham?

By Len Penzo

By now, most everybody has heard or seen the ubiquitous ads by LifeLock where its founder and chief executive officer, Todd Davis, intimates the impenetrable fortress-like quality of his identity theft protection service by brazenly giving out his ...

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September 20, 2009

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